Happy Birthday Elizabeth

Today our daughter turns one year old. I hope they are having a little party for her at the orphange. We will mark the day by going out for chinese food. I can' t wait to have her here. Luckly she is young enough not to know it is her birthday.

Soon, very soon we will go to bring her home.

We have our referal!

It has finally happened! We got the call on Tuesday, December 11th. Nancy, from Homeland Adoption Services, called me and said they had a little girl they thought was just right for us and wanted to know if we were interested. I could not breath, so it was difficult to answer. When I caught my breath, I said yes, definitely! We talked about her with my parents that night and had Nancy overnight the file to us. On Thursday, we saw her cute face and were in love. On Friday morning I called Nancy and told her we would take her asked what the next step was. Nancy was so emotional knowing another baby was going home! So, there was a flurry of new paperwork to get ready, send to New York so they could send to China and now we wait again. We are good at that, we have been waiting for four years to have another child and two years since we started the adoption process and one year since our paperwork got to China. So what is a few more months?

We are anticipating that we will travel in a few months. I think April, for my birthday. If it is March for my parent's anniversary, that is great too, or February for Valentines day, that is great too. I doubt February though, that is when Chinese New Year is and the country shuts down for a few weeks.

Her name is Xi Yan Xin. We are naming her Elizabeth Rose. She turns one year old December 27, 2007. So she is two months younger than our niece Jenna. So perfect, they can be playmates!

Sorry for the delay, but my computer died, so getting information out has been slow.

Thank you to everyone for their support, prayers, and encouragement. We are on the final leg of this journey. Soon we will start another journey, being parents to a one year old. Sam will also start a new journey, actually being a big brother, not just talking about it! Hopefully it is all he hopes it to be.........

Merry Christmas! We got a great present this year!